Gillard admits it will be extremely difficult to close the life-expectancy gap by the target year of 2031 with current progress. Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants indigenous people to take greater responsibility for improving their own lives, after admitting the ...

Home-grown health workers is a must for sustainable health, UK expert warns Australia. Australia must focus on ensuring that the numbers and skills of healthcare workers it produces and retains is sufficient to support a sustainable health system, says an ...

The fight against NSW public sector wages reform continues The fight against NSW public sector wages reform will continue until worker's rights are restored, Unions NSW says. About 50 protesters gathered outside Parliament House on Tuesday, August 3 to call ...

The high prevalence of violence to nurses and midwives is well-documented but underreported. Nurses have called for there to be no further investigations into preventing violence in Victorian hospitals, with the government needing to take immediate action. However, this action ...

Nurses at five private hospitals across Sydney have taken to the streets in a historic 24-hour strike over pay rates. Dozens of nurses gathered at Martin Place in the city centre this morning demanding their employer, Macquarie Hospital Services, increase ...

Staff to be liable for tax on overpayments if the funds are not recovered. Queensland Health can't wipe out the debts of employees it overpaid because of tax reasons, Premier Anna Bligh says. The government needs to recoup $62 million ...

One hundred staff faces the sack at RHH: Wilkie Up to 100 doctors and nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) face the sack because of Tasmanian government budget cuts, federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says. In the state budget ...

The two nurses who were violently attacked at a western Sydney hospital say they feel "let down", after repeated calls for increased security were ignored. Up to 50 nurses, doctors and security guards stopped work at Blacktown Hospital on Friday ...

The nation's general practitioners will be asked to co-ordinate a network of so-called Medicare Locals services. Medicare Locals will work with GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, indigenous health organisations and local hospital networks to identify and respond to gaps in ...

QLD Health still unsure of how many staff were being overpaid or underpaid, admits health minister. Queensland Health must regain the trust of its nurses as the bungled payroll saga continues, the nurses union says. Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) secretary ...